L'Argent

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Will G A great French film. It was about two teenagers that use counterfeit money at a camera shop. One of them gets arrested and goes to jail. The ending was surprising. Great cinematography and acting. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/02/25 Full Review Leaburn O Bresson’s final act as a Director was this short parable about money and I suppose the butterfly effect or unintended consequences. It is a strangely alienating film that pulls us into the characters, despite some mediocre acting and then spits out a bunch of unanswerable questions. It’s worth seeing but didn’t grip me. Watched on Blu-ray. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/25 Full Review Kate F I made an account solely to critique this film and attempt to even out the outrageous high score. You will only like this film if you are a pretentious sophomoric snob. The score is high only because this is the only type of people to watch this film. I was falling asleep for most of the film. And I say film bc a movie is made to entertain and this did not. There are shots and shots of nothing happening. The actors had no emotion- delivering every line in the most deadpan way. People analyze it as being a deep look at how money corrupts but the character is simply evil. I know it’s supposed to explore film without overt emotion and the classic artistic devices but it didn’t replace them with anything; it was both morally and aesthetically empty. I was not impressed by the so called classic cinematography which reminded me of the poor quality movies I made as a kid with friends. Tolstoy originally wrote this with a part 2 in which one small act of good snowballs into having a larger and larger positive effect. Which is a much more powerful artistic message. Do not watch. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/25 Full Review Dave S L'Argent was the perfect swan song for the great French auteur Robert Bresson – a sparse but powerful film rich in themes and consistent in style with the rest of his impressive oeuvre. Set in Paris, the passing of a counterfeit banknote leads to an unimaginably tragic and ultimately violent chain of events. It's really that simple. As always, Bresson pares things down to only the necessary. The dialogue is minimal, the film is unadorned by a music score, and there isn't a scene or a shot that is unnecessary. L'Argent is a reminder of how movies should be made and what cinematic art looks like in the hands of a master. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Based on the works of Leo Tolstoy... and it's French. I can watch and enjoy some foreign language films but I did not find much of anything to like about this one. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. This was very unusual and special. Well made and powerful themes. An interesting look at French jails to boot. Who knew they got wine for their dinners? Only in France. Saw on HBO. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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